Switch-stand.



No. 882,024. PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908.

F. IW. SNOW a W. CVKIDD. SWITCH STAND.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 20, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED DBO. 20, 1907.

PATENTED MAR. 17, 1908.

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l 'lll-ll`) WILLIAM ..\'l Ulf' lllLLBlflL, AND WILLIAM CHARLES liIDI), Ol" SlFlfERN. .\`l;`\\. Ylll'll, A'SSltXllll* Tf.) STANDARD .EQUIPMENT COMPANY, Ol" MHWH, NEW JliItliY, CORPORATlON Ol" NEW JERSEY.

SWITCHeSTAND.

No. 882,02ll. Speciication of Letters latent. Patented March 17, 1908. Application filed. December 20, 1907.. Serial No. 407,3l0.

the present case and preferabljtV in most eases 55 the lever will be arranged to swim@r in a suh- Sxow, a cithcen of the linited States, and a sta-iitialljyT vertical plane so that its moveresidenty ol l'lillburn, in the county ol lloc/lv -1 ment will be parallel with the adjacent track.

land and Stale ol .New York, and arman l hus it will be seen that the operation ol CiiAuLEs lion, also a citi/ien of the United manuali)r throwingr the switch is an exun States, and a resident ol" Sull'crn, in said ik tremel)r simple one, that the lever does not county and State, have invented certain l project out from the stand so as to he in the. new and uselul improvements in lwitchl wa)T or so as to prevent the switch l'rom hc- Stands, ol which the l'ollowing is a speeilieal ing set up in a limited space, and that the tion. reference being had to the accompany )eration ol' the switch ma \Y be accomplished G5 ing drawingg forming' a part hereof. l

rl`he 'obiect of this inif'eiitioii is to provide l an automatic switch stand in which the prol5 Visions for lnaniially '..upci'ating the Switch; shall be such asa to permit the stand to be set l, up iii a compat-at'wehT limited space and also l in connection with the accompanying drawto permit the switch to be thrown hv a Yardl ings, .in which, man or olla attendant or liroin a distant l Figure l is a View iu front elevation ol' a l l l l I l l To all @ello/11i 'it ma/j; aofi/tecra.'

Be it known that we, FRED lliLLiAii ei t from a distant signal tower by simpliv attaching a wire or cable to the lever and extending the wire` or cable along the track parallel therewith to said signa-l tower.

he invention will be more l'ulli' described 70 signal tower with ease and despatch. switch embodying the improvements. Fig.

Vln a great many automatic switch stands, '.2 is a View, partly in elevation and parll)r in 75 the handle and its associated parts through longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a plan View,

which the switch is manuallyv thrown, arev and,l*`ig. lis a plan View with tliecover plate arranged to Ii'old up whereby these parts are ol the stand and the parts above the same more or less compact and do not proiect out removed.

from the stand. so as to he in the wa)r of passrl'ne partie ular means for controlling the S0 ing trains or the like; and therefore when any automatic throwing ol the switch are immaoldthese switches are manually operated, the 'terial to the present invention, as such means handle and its associated parts have to be ma)Y assume mainY dill'ercnt l'ornis without unfolded and the handle generally has to be alii-cling the particular results which the lilted up and swungA around in a horizontal present iinprmements` are designed to se- 85 plane. Moreover, Athe lifting ol the handle cure. ln the present case a low lippe olt usually serves to unlocl; the manually operswitch stand is illustrated in the drawings in ating7 means lroni the automatitailly opera t 'which these automatic means cons-iat of' ing means so that the former can be brongh t springr actuated rolleits` u and a oloclf` l: which into play indepelulentliy ol lthe latter. Thus 'these rollers` are adapted to hear against. 90 in such stance, the manual throwing ol the These rollers, their springs and associated switch involves., besides the actual operation parts and the block b are all housed within a of tl-irowiiig, at least that of' the unfolding;` ol: suitable frame or hase c, and the block sur- 40 vthese parts or that ol the unlocking` ol'v 'the rounds the usual vertical tareet spindle or manually operating means from the autol shal; u which is adapted to ne operatively e5 inaticalhv operating means. Aiccordinglw l c ainecled at its lower end to a switch. The the manual thrt'v @ing ol the switches cannot shalt d is l'reel): morahle within the hlocl( f1 be said so involve a simile operation and but is normall \A made lo rotaie therewith moreover such switches are not adapte-l to l through thc naans l'or manually operatingr be thrown convenienti)V through connections the switch which will nou-*be rcl'crrcd to. i115) from a distant. signal tower. These means comprise a lever 1.1 and an arm In accortlanceidwith the present improve c, which is prel'craltlli' horixonlal. piojectiing ments the .manual operation ol the switch is trom the shal't (1' and extending; through a elected throughtlie single mmcineiit ol a slot fin the opcratinj 1l lever g1. This arm ilever oi' some such means which movement pi\ orally secured to a hlocli /i upon a quart-o im? not onliv serves to t-"i-"ow the switch but also portion ol the .shall being l'orlo d at onev to release .the manually l eratine` means end in order to embrace this Il from the automaticall)Y operatingv means. ln 1 other end constitutes a projection anni:

tends through the slot f in the lever g and which also engages, `by means of recesses i, the block b. lt will thus be seen that every time the switch'is' moved and the shaft d is turned, the arm e will be swung around from one side of the stand to the other. As the arm e normally rests in one of the recesses 7l, the stand, when automatically operated by a passing'train, will cause the block b to rotate against the action of the spring actuated rollers a. Then however the arm e has been lifted from its engagement with either of. the recesses r,the shaft CZ ma f be freely turned and the switch thrown independently lof the automatic means, that is independently of the block b and the spring actuated rollers a'. For lifting this arm e and manually throwing the switch, the lever g with the slot f, already referred to, has been provided. `This lever g is pivoted near its lower end and arranged so as to swing in a practically vertical plane. The slot fis of such conforma- ,"tion as first to, raise the arm e from its engagement with the recess t as the lever g sta'rts to move, and then to cause said arm to be swung over'and finally permitting it to drop again into t-he other recess i. For this purposethe slot may be made approximately pear shaped as illustrated in Fig. 1, said slot or a portion thereof obviously constituting a cam whereby the desired movement of the -arm e is effected. Themanual operation of such a stand will be seen to be extremely simple. All that is required is the lswinging vof the lever g in a singleplane and. in a single direction to change its position from one side `of the vertical shaft to the other side, and involving an angular chance of about ninet o y o z:

l`here are no projections from the.

degrees. stand which can possibly constitute any obstructions to passing trains and for this reason too the stand may be set up in a comparatively small space where it would be impossible to accommodate a stand having a horizontally swinging lever. Moreover, it

will be easy to see how a wire or cable could be attached to the operating lever g whereby it could be operated from a distant signal tower as easily and conveniently as a semaphore..

It is, of course, possible to provide means as illustrated at m (Figs. 1 and '2) through l which a padlock or the like may be passed in l order to lock permanently the arm e in one or the other of the recesses t and., therefore to lock the switch from any manual operation for an indefinite time. V"doreover, other additions or changes may be made in the construction shown and described without departing from the spirit of the invention` ll'e claim as our invention:

l. In a switch stand, the combination of means to control the automatic throwing of a switch, manually operated means to throw automatic means, and means to disengage the manually operated means from the autoL matic means and thro the switch in a single operation.

. 2. In a switch stand, the combination of 'means to control the automatic throwing of a. switch, manually operated means to throw the'switch normally in engagement with the automatic means, and a lever' adapted to lmove in a single plane and as it-moves in said pla-ne to disengage the manually operated vmeans from the automatic means and throw the switch. l

In a switch sta-nd, the combination of means to control the automatic throwing of a switch, manually operated means to throwv the switch normally in engagement with the automat-ic means, and a lever adapted to move in a vertical plane. and as itr moves in said Aplane to disengage the manually oper-v ated means from the automatic means and throw the switch. u

4. In a switch stand, the combination of means to control the automatic throwing of a. switch,- an arm through which the switch maybe manually thrown normally in engagement with the automatic means, and a lever adapted to move in a'single'plane and as-izt moves in said plane to disengage the arm from the automatic means and throw vthe switch. y

5. In a switch stand, the .combination of means to control the automatic throwing of a switch, a. substantially horizontal arm through which the `switch maybe manually thrown normally in engagement with the automatic means, and a lever adapted to move in a vertical plane and as it movesin said plane toA disengage the arm from the automatic means and throw the switch.

6. In a switch stand, the combination of means to control the automatic throwing of a switch, a substantiallyhorizontal arm through which the switch may be manually thrown normally in engagement with the automatic means, and a lever adapted to move in a vertical plane and having a slot through which the arm extends whereby as the lever is moved in said plane it disengages thearin from the automatic means and swings it around to throw the switch,

7. ln a switch stand provided with means Yto control the automatic throwing of a switch, the combination of a horizontal arm through which the switch may be thrown manually, means to lock the horizontal arm to the automatic means whereby the switch cannot vbe thrown independently of the automatic means until the arm is unlocked from the automatic means, and a lever adapted to move in a vertical plane and having a slot therein through which the arm extends, whereby thc movement of the lever in either direction first unlocksthe .arm from the 4automatic means the switch normally in engagement with the l then swings the arm to throw the switch and Jan 9. In a'switch stand, the combination of a vertical shaft adapted t'o be operatively connected to a switch, means to control the automatic throwing of the switch including a block adapted to `loe turned by the shaft when the-.switch is automatically thrown,

manually operated means to throw the switch normally in engagement withl the block, and a lever adapted to move ina single plane and, as it moves in said plane to disengage the manually operated means the block and throw the switch.

10. In a switch stand,

a vertical shaft adapted to be operatively connected to a switch, means to control the automatic throwing of the switch including a block adapted to be turned by the shaft when the switch is automatically thrown, a4

lever adapted to move in a verticalplane and 4around to throw the switch inde the automatic me ans. from' the combination ofsubstantially horizontal arm through which the switch may be manually operated normally in engagement with the block, land a as it moves in said plane to disengage vthe arm from the block and throw the switch.

' 11.l In a switch stand, the combination of a vertical shaft ada ted to be operatively connected to a switc means to control the automatic throwing of the switch-including a block adapted to be turned bythe shaft when the switch is automatically thrown, a substantially horizontal arm pivotally connected with the shaft through which arm the switch may be manually operated, ,means whereby the arm and block normally engage, and a lever adapted to move in'a vertical plane and having a 'cam slot through which the arm extends whereby as the `lever moves in said plane, the arm isfirst lifted so as' to disengage it from the block 'an flthen'swung'.` Y

end ently of This specification signed and witnessed this I 30th day of November, A. D. 1907.

FRED VILLI SNOW. Y y YILLAM CHA LES KIDD Signed inthe presence of:

SCHUYLER C. Paw, JEAN S. MACGREGOR. 

